Park · California
Shoup Park
Shoup Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 59 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Cradle of Liberty, a artwork 0.1 miles away.
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates37.37555, -122.11948
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Cradle of Liberty: 0.1 mi
- Egrets: 0.1 mi
- Walter A. Singer: 0.1 mi
- Shlama: 0.1 mi
- Musical Gambol: 0.2 mi
Picnic sites
- Patriot Corner Picnic Area: 0.1 mi
- Bubb Park picnic area: 2.0 mi
- Redwood Group Area: 3.1 mi
- Redwood Individual Area: 3.1 mi
- Pine Grove Group Area: 3.1 mi
Nature reserves
- Redwood Grove Nature Preserve: 0.2 mi
- Juan Prado Mesa Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Hidden Villa: 3.2 mi
- Stevens Creek Shoreline Nature Study Area Open Space Preserve: 4.7 mi
Parks
- Bicentennial Park: 0.4 mi
- Village Park: 0.5 mi
- Rosita Park: 0.9 mi
- Gemello Park: 1.6 mi
- Purissima Park: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
- J. Gilbert Smith House: 0.5 mi
- Ohlone Indian Village Town of Los Altos Hills Historical Site No. 1: 0.7 mi
- Birthplace of Silicon Valley, 1956: 2.1 mi
- Mayfield Fire Bell: 2.2 mi
- Juana Briones Park: 2.3 mi
Museums
- Los Altos History Museum: 0.5 mi
- Ohlone Village: 3.2 mi
- The Foster Museum: 3.5 mi
- Computer History Museum: 3.5 mi
- Moffett Field Model Railroad Club: 4.3 mi
Gardens
- Native Hill (California Native Habitat Garden): 1.2 mi
- Foothill Horticulture Garden: 1.2 mi
- Arastradero Garden: 1.9 mi
- Cuesta Pollinator Habitat: 2.0 mi
- Sister City Friendship rock garden: 2.2 mi
Peaks
- Coyote Hill: 2.3 mi
- Ewing Hill: 2.6 mi
- Elephant Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Vista Hill: 3.4 mi
- Madera Point: 3.7 mi
Attractions
- Pandemonium Aviaries Sculpture: 2.3 mi
- Lockheed P-3 Orion: 4.4 mi
- Plaza del Sol: 4.8 mi
- Plaza del Sol Labyrinth: 4.8 mi
- Significant Events in Cell Biology walkway: 5.0 mi
Beaches: 40
- Niles beach: 15.4 mi
- Tunitas Beach: 15.5 mi
- San Gregorio Private Beach: 15.8 mi
- Martins Beach: 15.9 mi
- San Gregorio Beach: 16.0 mi
Waterfalls: 17
- Peter's Creek Falls: 6.5 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 7.2 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 10.3 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 10.4 mi
- Butano Falls: 14.2 mi
Springs: 15
- Spring source: 4.9 mi
- Travertine Springs: 9.5 mi
- Congress Springs: 9.7 mi
- Summit Spring: 10.9 mi
- Summit Spring: 10.9 mi
Ghost towns: 14
- Drawbridge: 10.1 mi
- Lexington: 14.3 mi
- Stokes Landing: 15.2 mi
- Alma: 15.5 mi
- Purissima: 16.4 mi
Cliffs: 8
- Graffiti Rock: 7.3 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 10.4 mi
- Underworld Rock: 10.4 mi
- Waddell Bluffs: 20.9 mi
- The Bluff: 21.6 mi
Covered bridges: 2
- Felton Covered Bridge: 22.6 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 22.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Shoup Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Bielawski | S 172° | 985 m | 10.6 mi |
| Castle Rock | S 173° | 979 m | 10.2 mi |
| The Peak | SSE 166° | 917 m | 11.1 mi |
| Lookout Tower | S 176° | 892 m | 8.9 mi |
| Goat Rock | S 176° | 890 m | 10.2 mi |
| Sunnyvale Mountain | SSE 166° | 880 m | 11.4 mi |
| Summit Rock | S 173° | 878 m | 9.4 mi |
| Varian Peak | S 179° | 873 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 53 | 56 | 58 | 62 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 64 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moffett FED Airfield, 4 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel272 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco268 obs
- American Crow254 obs
- Western Honey Bee219 obs
- coast redwood219 obs
- Western Fence Lizard210 obs
- California Scrub-Jay151 obs
- Bermuda buttercup144 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/28738495
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